Lantern Slides

Pyramid of Menkaure. Giza, Egypt. c. 26th Century BC.

The Lantern Slide Collection was donated to The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive by The Cooper Union Library in 1987. This broad assortment of slides, formerly used to teach History of Architecture and Town Planning, encompasses historical sites, architecture, painting, sculpture, manuscripts, city planning, drawings, jewelry and mosaics from early history to the 20th Century.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.